Benchmark # 1: Understand how nutrient and energy needs vary in relation to gender, activity level, and stage of life cycle.

Health Standard 7: Know how to maintain and promote personal health.

Benchmark # 1: Know how personal behaviors relate to health and well-being and how these behaviors can be modified if necessary to promote achievement of health goals throughout life (e.g., following a personal nutrition plan to reduce the risk of disease, periodically self-assessing physical fitness).

Benchmark # 4: Understand the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems.